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Fighting between two females for a male in the hoolock gibbon

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I observed fighting between two adult females for an adult male in a group of hoolock gibbons (Hylobates hoolock)during fieldwork conducted between November 1988 and December 1990 at Lawachara in the West Bhanugach Reserve Forest, Sylhet, Bangladesh. I discuss the history of the episodes and the consequences of fighting.

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  1. Wildlife Research Group, Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, CB2 3DY, Cambridge, England

    Farid Ahsan

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Ahsan, F. Fighting between two females for a male in the hoolock gibbon. Int J Primatol 16, 731–737 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02735717

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